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Attorneys tell NBC 7 between the controversial government surveillance program and the new “Remain in Mexico” policy, the challenges of the job could turn attorneys away from helping those in need at the border.

According to the database documents, agents were waiting for Pinheiro in January to cross the border to interview her.

On Thursday, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the agency compiled the list of 59 individuals tied to the migrant caravan because they “may have information” related to Tijuana border clashes from November 2018 and January 2019.

But Pinheiro said she was in New Jersey with family during the late-November incident and at home with a sick baby during the January clash.

Montag said between the controversial government surveillance program and the new Trump Administration “Remain in Mexico” policy, the challenges of the job could turn attorneys away from helping those in need at the border.

“It’s really scary that it has come to this,” Pinheiro said. “That they’ve started targeting U.S. citizens."

On Friday, in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s Secretary Kristjen Nielsen, Senator Richard Blumenthal asked for more information on the surveillance program and raised the issue of attorneys being targeted by border agents.

“While this administration has a disturbing history of harassing immigration attorneys, these lawyers serve a critical public function,” Blumenthal said.